WIOA Youth

Eddie Colquitt joined the Michigan Works! Wayne Service Center’s WIOA Youth Program in February of 2016. He was motivated to earn his GED and just needed a little extra help to accomplish his goal. Eddie knew that he was smart enough to pass the test but...

Chris Jones had been just skating by through school up until the eighth grade. However, his academic performance plummeted after he started at John Glenn High School in September of 2011. By the end of his first two years of attendance...

After graduating from high school in 2012, Andrea Davis thought she was on the right path to reach her goal of becoming a nurse. She attended Georgia Perimeter College until 2014 and then applied to Georgia State University’s nursing program. It was during this time that Andrea...

Adam Detloff is the type of customer a Career Development Facilitator (CDF) dreams about. Adam came to the Michigan Works! Highland Park Youth Program in March of 2015 because he was between jobs and had witnessed one of his friends earn a high school diploma...

Luke Belinc enrolled in the Workforce Investment Act (WIOA) program for Youth at the SEMCA Southgate Michigan Works Service Center in December of 2013. Luke was 21 years old. He was a high school dropout who was working a part time ...

Instead of watching the base of skilled labor dwindle, proponents of a program created through collaboration of the UAW and Ford Motor Co. aim to help students find those skills. The program, hosted at the UAW-Ford Technical Training Center in Lincoln Park, ...

Sonia Acosta, Youth Advocate with the WIOA Youth Program operated by Employment & Training Design’s, Inc., met Alocka Pulley in March of 2013. Alocka had come to the Highland Park MichiganWorks! One Stop Service Center in the midst of many obstacles to success...